Marble Fudge Brownies

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 32
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee crystals
• 1 tablespoon water
• 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate squares, melted and cooled
• 1/2 cup milk chocolate pieces
• 1/4 cup toasted almond, finely chopped

Recipe

• 1 cream shortening and sugar till fluffy; beat in eggs just until blended.
• 2 mix in vanilla.
• 3 stir together flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into.
• 4 creamed mixture.
• 5 spoon half of the batter into another bowl.
• 6 dissolve coffee crystals in the water; stir coffee and melted chocolate into remaining batter.
• 7 drop chocolate mixture from tablespoon checkerboard.
• 8 fashion into greased 13"x9"x2" baking pan, and fill in the open spaces with light batter.
• 9 lightly swirl batters together with a spatula to marble (do not overmix).
• 10 bake at 350f for 22-25 minutes, and immediately sprinkle milk chocolate pieces over top.
• 11 let stand 2-3 minutes to melt; spread chocolate evenly over brownies, and sprinkle with almonds.
• 12 cool; cut into bars.